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cdist-type__package_emerge

Manage packages with portage

Portage is usually used on the gentoo distribution to manage packages. This type requires app-portage/gentoolkit installed on the target host. cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies is supposed to install the needed packages on the target host.

None

If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.
Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present".
If supplied, use to install or uninstall a specific version of the package named.

# Ensure sys-devel/gcc is installed
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state present
# If you want a specific version of a package
__package_emerge app-portage/gentoolkit --state present --version 0.3.0.8-r2
# Remove package
__package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state absent


cdist-type__package(7), cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)

Thomas Oettli <otho--@--sfs.biz>

Copyright (C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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